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Farming & the land, 1897

3,680 stories in Sydney's papers · page 74 of 184

London Wool Sales. London, May 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 May 1897 · page 5

At the wool sale this evening prices were very firm, and competition by Continental buyers was more active. May 20…

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London Wool Sales. Prices in Sellers Favor

Evening News · Friday 21 May 1897 · page 5

LONDON, May 20, 8 p.m.—At the wool sales this evening excellent business was done, there being good competition all round…

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WOOL Manifested at Darling Harbour, Thursday, May 20

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 21 May 1897 · page 2

Dangar Gedye and Co—Emu Plains 42—MB in oblong Winchcombe Carson and Co—W Narrabri 3—RJ/N…

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London Wool Sales The Market Firming. LONDON, May 19

The Australian Star · Friday 21 May 1897 · page 6

At the London wool sales the tone of the market remains very firm. Buyers from the Continent are more active in their operations…

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Weather, Pastoral, Crops, &c

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 22 May 1897 · page 1074

The present mouth is acting in a most unreasonable way. Rain held off, and consequently the reports from the drought-stricken districts, which now really form more than one-half the colony, is even…

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Butter

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 22 May 1897 · page 17

The London butter market was quiet at the close of last week, at unchanged prices. The consignment of pasteurised butter sent by the Kyneton (Victoria) Butter Factory arrived in…

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Sheep from Bathurst Farm

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 22 May 1897 · page 1074

The Minister for Mines and Agriculture has received from Mr. Bruce, Chief Inspector of Stock, and Mr. Holt further reports with respect to the sheep from the Bathurst Experimental Farm exhibited at…

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The Butter Market

Evening News · Saturday 22 May 1897 · page 6

LONDON, May 21.—The butter market is dull and prices are lower, owing to the heavy supplies of foreign and English, butter. Best colonial is quoted at 86s to…

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New South Wales Butter

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 22 May 1897 · page 18

The difference between the New South Wales butter exporters and the Board of Export is widening. It has recently gone forth, in a semi-official way, and evidently with the…

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The Price of Butter

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 May 1897 · page 9

LONDON, Friday.--A heavy fall has taken place in the price of butter, Danish having fallen 3 kroner per cwt…

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Canadian Red Wheat

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 22 May 1897 · page 12

Recent importations of American and Canadian wheats have led to some discussion as to the wisdom of cultivating at least one of the varieties lately introduced. Experience has shown…

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Danish Butter. London, May 21

The Australian Star · Saturday 22 May 1897 · page 5

The price of Danish butter has been further, lowered by a fall of six Kroners…

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Pickle for Seed Wheat

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 22 May 1897 · page 22

Mr. Salter, a Victorian farmer, gives the following formula for pickling seed wheat, and treating it to a dressing of superphosphate before sowing: "I am asked do I allow my seed wheat or oats to…

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The Butter Industry: Meeting of Exporters

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 22 May 1897 · page 41

The butter exporters of the city held a meeting at the offices of the South Coast and West Camden Co-operative Company, Sussex-street, on May 14 to protest against the alleged inferiority of…

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WOOL, Weekly Review

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 22 May 1897 · page 17

The monthly auction sales were held on Wednesday and Thursday of last week, when catalogues amounting to 2623 bales were brought forward, the sales from which, together with heavy private sales of…

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Cruelty to Sheep—a Carter Fixed

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 May 1897 · page 12

Frank Kane, a resident of Pyrmont, was charged at the Newtown Court yesterday, before Mr. Whittingdale Johnson, S.M., with having cruelly illtreated 12 sheep at Summer-hill, on the 11th May. Constable Keogh,…

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Sheep and Pastures and Stock Protection Boards

Nepean Times · Saturday 22 May 1897 · page 4

A meeting of the above Boards was held on Friday of last week, at the Stock Office, Penrith. The following Directors were present: Messrs. J. D. Single, Edgar Cox, A. Benson, P. A.Lamb,…

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The Wool Trade. Friday Evening

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 May 1897 · page 11

Business in this centre has been limited during the week to the private sale of moderate-sized parcels of scoured wool, together with a considerable number of lots passed in at the…

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London Wool Sales. London, May 20

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 May 1897 · page 9

At the wool sales this evening excellent business was transacted, there being good competition all round. Prices were in sellers' favour…

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Australian Produce in Europe. Grain.--gambling in Wheat

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 May 1897 · page 4

LONDON, April 16.-- There is a slight improvement in prices. Californian arrived has been sold at 28s 9d, Indian afloat at 27s 6d, Chilian 29s 6d, and North American 28s 3d. English wheat has been sold up to 29s…

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